Hulk Hogan makes claim about his WWE/WWF contract from 1984

While being interviewed by The Outbound Life, Hulk Hogan made a claim about his WWE/WWF contract from 1984…

“I don’t know if it was Kevin Nash or somebody said, ‘there were never any guaranteed contracts until we came along.’ I think Kevin Nash might have said it. When I came back, January 23, 1984, I won the belt. I was back a couple months before then doing TV. I had a guaranteed contract back then. I had a ten-year guaranteed contract then. That was way before they signed Kevin Nash. That was 20 years before.

Vince (McMahon) wanted to lock me down because, at the time, I had the gimmick figured out, and I was so hot. I was leading the charge on a lot of fronts. The guaranteed contract was a constant. At the time, I started making movies too. I was making a couple movies a year. That was extra money on the side. There was a 1-900 number. 1-900-HULK-HOGAN. It was a hotline that kids could call. They would get their parent’s credit card and stay on the phone all night talking to me. It was all pre-recorded messages about training and vitamins and storyline. I made a ton of money on that 1-900 number. I was killing it on that. Doing movies. My merchandise was selling like crazy.” (quote courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)